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Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

St. Pauls F.C., Thanet, Kent 1912/13. An attractive little booklet titled ‘History of St. Paul’s F.C. [Thanet, Kent] as set out by Hon. Sec. Written and illustrated by A.J. Biggs’. The book, handwritten in ink in the form of a diary, details the formation of the church football team and descriptions of the matches played in the 1912/13 season. The content is delightfully illustrated to the front cover and throughout with humorous cartoons depicting players... View full lot details

Manchester United (European Club Champions) v Palmeiras (South American Club Champions) 1999. Large official colour poster for the ‘Toyota European/South America Cup’ played at the Toyko National Stadium on the 30th November 1999. The poster measures 28”x40”. Rare. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Manchester United ‘Busby Babes’ 1957. Three original and complete copies of newspapers with extensive coverage of the Munich air disaster in which a number of players lost their lives. Issues are Evening Chronicle 6th February 1957 ‘Late Night Final’ edition and Friday 7th February 1957 ‘Stockport Edition Last Extra’, and the Evening Standard Friday 7th February 1957 ‘Mid-day Edition’. All three, with front, back and inside page coverage of the immediate reports of the crash... View full lot details

Overseas football autographs. Over ninety signatures of club and international players and managers, mainly European, each signed to individual plain white cards. Signatures include Vercauteren (Belgium), Socrates (Brazil), Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Miklosko (Czech), Le Guen, Roche, Zidane (France), Strunz, Doll, Beiersdorfer, Beckenbauer (Germany), Grodas, Halle (Norway), Gullit (Netherlands), Prodan, Belodedici, Lupescu, Tene, Stinga, Moldovan, Filipescu (Romania), del Bosque, Amor, Michel, Camacho, Fernandez (Spain), Edstrom (Sweden), Zuberbuhler, Hottiger, Vega (Switzerland), and a good selection of FC Porto... View full lot details

British Club and internationals’ football autographs 1960s-1990s. A comprehensive selection of over 170 signatures of players and managers who represented British clubs and country, each signed to individual plain white cards. Signatures include Craig Johnston, Peter Lorimer, Ray Clemence, Ian St. John, Chris Waddle, Roger Hunt, Jurgen Klinsmann, John Charles, Colin Bell, Alan Ball, Francis Lee, Nat Lofthouse, Billy Bonds, Andy Gray, Peter Beardsley, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, Jack Charlton, Rodney Marsh, Bob Stokoe, Kevin... View full lot details

British Club and internationals’ football autographs 1950s-1990s. A comprehensive selection of over 150 signatures of players and managers who represented British clubs and country, each signed to individual white cards and the odd promotional card. Signatures include Alf Ramsey, Jeff Astle, Ian St John, Tom Finney, Billy Wright, Joe Corrigan, Roy Hodgson, Alan Ball, Terry Venables, Roger Hunt, Bobby Robson, Chris Waddle, Alan Mullery, Len Shackleton, Alan Shearer, Pat Jennings, John Charles, Jimmy Greaves, Kevin... View full lot details

British Club and internationals’ football autographs 1960s-1990s. A comprehensive selection of over 130 signatures of players and managers who represented British clubs and country, each signed to individual white cards. Signatures include Paul Mariner, Graham Taylor, Norman Hunter, Gareth Southgate, Ray Houghton, Kevin Keegan, Peter Lorimer, Luther Blissett, Bruce Rioch, Gordon Banks, Gordon Cowans, Dean Saunders, Gunnar Halle, Joe Corrigan, Paul McVeigh, Ian Rush, Jimmy Hill, Robbie Keene, Billy Wright, Frank McLintoch, Martin Buchan, Garth... View full lot details

British international and club autographs 1960s onwards. A selection of over fifty individual signatures on white cards. Players include Emile Heskey, Michael Owen, John Terry, Ray Clemence, Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Stuart Pearce, Dave Watson (England), John Charles, Mike England (Wales), Dixie Deans, Eddie Gray, Gary Gillespie, Murdo MacLeod (Scotland), Mark Lawrenson (Ireland), also managers, Jack Charlton, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Keith Burkinshaw, Ruud Gullit etc., and a number of club players including some overseas etc. Very... View full lot details

Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ real photograph trade cards ‘Footballers’ series 1920-1922. Collection of almost one hundred small trade cards featuring football players from the period. Variants to backs are oval design back 1920 (Qty 33), oblong double frame line back 1921 (5), oblong frame ‘Photo’ address back 1921 (24), and oblong frame ‘Pinnace’ address back 1922 (37). No duplicates. Faults to odd card otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Book of Football. A Complete History and Record of the Association and Rugby Games’. Amalgamated Press. London 1906. Originally published in twelve parts comprising histories of clubs, players, referees and other football articles. Bound in publisher’s green cloth covers, gilt titles to front and spine and silver F.A. trophy illustration to front cover. Title page, frontispiece and index bound in to front, with twelve photo plates of player portraits bound in to inside pages.... View full lot details

Signed football autobiographies. Seven hardback titles, each signed by the player. Titles are ‘My World of Soccer’, Jimmy Greaves 1966. ‘The World Game’, Geoff Hurst 1968. ‘Goals From Nowhere!’, Martin Peters 1970. ‘Football Makes Me Laugh’, Malcolm Macdonald 1979. ‘The Diary of a Season’, Lawrie McMenemy 1980. ‘Psycho’, Stuart Pearce 2000. ‘On Football’, Sven-Goran Eriksson 2001. Good dustwrappers as issued. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Captain of England’. Billy Wright. London 1950. Signed to the title page with dedication by Wright. Hardback lacking dustwrapper. Slight breaking to internal hinges, minor soiling to boards, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis Law and George Best. Two hardback titles, each signed by the player. Titles are ‘Dennis Law. An Autobiography’. Dennis Law, Newton Abbot 1980. Hardback with good dustwrapper, signed by Law. ‘George Best’s Soccer Annual No. 5’, London 1972, signed by Best. Good condition.... View full lot details

Robert ‘Bobby’ Turnbull. Leeds United F.C. 1925-1932. Mono, highlighted with blue, plainback player card/postcard of Turnbull, head and shoulders, in Leeds shirt with printed signature. Published by Rostron of New Wortley, photo by Fielding. Annotation to verso, wear and staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Tom Jennings. Leeds United F.C. 1925-1931. Mono, highlighted with blue, plainback player card/postcard of Jennings, head and shoulders, in Leeds shirt with printed signature. Published by Rostron of New Wortley, photo by Fielding. Annotation to verso, wear and staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

John Foster Potts. Leeds United F.C. 1926-1934. Mono, highlighted with blue, plainback player card/postcard of Potts, head and shoulders, in Leeds shirt with printed signature. Published by Rostron of New Wortley, photo by Fielding. Annotation to verso (incorrectly named ‘William Potts’), wear and staining, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Charlie Athersmith. Aston Villa 1891-1901. Early mono printed postcard of Athersmith, head and shoulders, in Aston Villa shirt. Title to lower border ‘Famous Football Players: W.C. Athersmith’. Raphael Tuck ‘Football Postcard’ Series 900. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Jimmy Crabtree. Aston Villa 1895-1904. Early mono printed postcard of Crabtree, head and shoulders, in Aston Villa shirt. Title to lower border ‘Famous Football Players: J. Crabtree’. Raphael Tuck ‘Football Postcard’ Series 900. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Clawley. Tottenham Hotspur 1899-1903. Early mono printed postcard of Clawley, head and shoulders, in Spurs shirt and goalkeeper’s cap. Title to lower border ‘Famous Football Players: G. Clawley’. Raphael Tuck ‘Football Postcard’ Series 900. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Chadwick. Southampton & Portsmouth 1897-1904. Early mono printed postcard of Chadwick, head and shoulders, in Portsmouth shirt. Title to lower border ‘Famous Football Players: Arthur Chadwick’. Raphael Tuck ‘Football Postcard’ Series 900. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harold Fleming. Swindon Town & England 1907-1924. Early mono printed postcard of Fleming, head and shoulders, in Swindon Town shirt. Title to image ‘Harold Fleming. The International Wizard’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Some soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Football Worlds. A Lifetime in Sport’. Stanley Rouse. London 1978. Hardback with very good dustwrapper. Presentation copy to the sports journalist and author, Gordon Ross, signed with dedication to front endpaper by Rous, dated ‘Xmas 1979’. Very good condition. Sold with a good selection of football books including histories, autobiographies, World Cup 1966, including mint copy of ‘World Cup 1966 England’ football annual, compiled by Gordon Ross, ‘Top Trumps-Arsenal’ 2002 etc. All from the collection... View full lot details

Aston Villa. ‘The Story of Aston Villa’ A cartoon history by Norman Edwards of the Birmingham ‘Evening Despatch’. Published in 1947. With cartoons reprinted from the newspaper. Pictorial covers. Wear and soiling to covers,tape repairs to spine and cover edges, nicks and tears to edges otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Aston Villa circa 1962. Complete set of twelve original beer mats issued by the ‘Evening Despatch-Best for Sport’, each featuring a named caricature of a Villa player by Norman Edwards. Players include Alan Deakin, Charlie Aitken, Derek Dougan, Mike Tindall, Geoff Sidebottom, Vic Crowe, Jimmy MacEwan, John Fraser, John Sleeuwenhoek, Phil Woosnam etc. Each card with a biography of the platers to the reverse of the mat. Odd mark otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

Aston Villa F.C. Early original colour postcard titled ‘Aston Villa Football Ground, Birmingham’ with a match in progress. Date unknown, probably c.1907. B.B. London series no. 62. Very good condition.... View full lot details

England v Scotland 1889. Excellent early original sepia photograph of the England team depicted wearing football attire, some with England international caps, seated and standing on the steps of the pavilion at Kennington Oval for the match v Scotland 13th April 1889. Six of the England players, including their captain, Percy Walters, are wearing their international caps, each with the date they were awarded embroidered to the peak. The latest appears to be ‘1887-8’. Measuring... View full lot details

England v Ireland 1906. Excellent early original sepia/ mono photograph of the England team depicted wearing formal attire, seated and standing in rows in a country setting with snow-capped mountains in the background. The photograph, taken for the match played at Belfast, 17th February 1906, measures approx. 11”x8, laid to original photographer’s mount with later window mount overlaid with handwritten title and players’ names inscribed to lower mount border. Players’ names also inscribed to verso.... View full lot details

‘Celtic Football Club 1907-1908’. Excellent original sepia photograph of the Celtic team seated and standing in rows on the pitch wearing football attire. The photograph, by Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Electric Light Photo Artists, Glasgow, measures 11.5”x9”, is laid to official photographer’s mount with printed players’ names and title to lower mount borders. Players are Bennett, Hay, Craig, McLean, Mitchell, McMenemy, Weir, Hamilton, Templeton, Loney, Young, McLeod, Adams, Somers, McNair, Quinn and David (Trainer). Modern... View full lot details

‘The Arsenal F.C. 1931-1932’. Excellent original mono photograph of the Arsenal team and officials seated and standing in rows on the pitch wearing football attire. The photograph measures approx. 10”x8”, mounted with title and players’ names hand inscribed to mount borders. Players are Lambert, Hulme, Jack, James, Bastin, Parker, Jones, Moss, Roberts, John and Black, also Chapman (Manager) and Whittaker (Trainer). Overall 16”x13”. A nice image in very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird 1847-1923. Vanity Fair ‘Men of the Day’ Supplement no. 2289. ‘Soccer’ 11th September 1912. Original colour chromolithograph of Kinnaird by ‘WH’. The print, lightly mounted in modern mount, measures 10.5”x15.75”. Light crease and minor foxing to one corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Football and sporting cigarette and trade cards 1938-1988. Album comprising five complete sets of cards. Three football series are W.A. & A.C. Churchman ‘Association Footballers’ 1st series 1938 (50). W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Association Footballers’ 1939, no frame to backs (50). Geo. Bassett & Co. ‘Football’ 1983/84 (50). Also two other sets, W.A. & A.C. Churchman ‘Boxing Personalities’ 1938 (50). John Player & Sons ‘Derby and Grand National Winners (1988 reproduction set of 50). Very... View full lot details

Preston North End. Three titles, profusely signed. ‘The Who’s Who of Preston North End’, Dean Hayes, Breedon Books, Derby 2006. Over 150 signatures to pages and on pieces laid down of players and managers. ‘One Hundred Years at Deepdale 1881-1981’, Harry Berry & Geoffrey Allman, Preston 1981, over 120 signatures to pages and inside back cover, some on pieces laid down. Dustwrapper with some wear and tape repair. ‘Preston North End Football Club. 100 Years... View full lot details

Preston North End. Four multi-signed titles. ‘Proud Preston. Preston North End’s One Hundred Seasons of Football League History’, Ian Rigby & Mike Payne, Lancaster 1999, softback, signed by Rigby and throughout by over one hundred players. Some pages detached. ‘Tom Finney’s Preston North End Scrapbook’ 1982, over forty signatures, some pages clipped. ‘Preston North End. The Glory Years Remembered’, Mike Prestage, Breedon Books, Derby 2000, hardback, sixteen signatures. ‘Tom Finney’s Forgotten Season’, Paul J. Harrison... View full lot details

Newcastle United v Manchester City, F.A. Cup Final Wembley 1955’. Excellent and original pen and ink drawing artwork by artist Joseph Lee, showing a group of Newcastle and City fans, dressed in scarves and rosettes walking and running down the railway tracks through a station. The station staff are sitting on parcels playing cards and looking on. Captions reads ‘Poor Fellows. Aven’t ‘eard thatr Sir Walter Moncton called in the President of the Football Association... View full lot details

‘London Laughs: Saturday Afternoon’. Excellent, large and original pen and ink drawing artwork, by artist Joseph Lee, depicting what appears to be the football club Chairman holding an umbrella over the teams goalkeeper during the match to protect him from heavy rain which is falling incessantly. The amusing artwork shows another director (?) trying to stop the Chairman with a member of the press taking photographs, ‘Well, would’nt you take care of something that had... View full lot details

Sol Campbell. Arsenal & England. Pair of Nike football boots worn by Campbell in the 2001-2002 ‘Double Winning’ season. Number 23 handwritten to the sole of each boot. Sold with a signed note of authentication from Campbell confirming the detail. G... View full lot details

Football tile. Early ceramic title with transfer printed image of a football scene to centre. The tile dates from the late 1880’s, early 1900’s. Displayed in period wood frame. 6.25”x7.75”. Good condition... View full lot details

World Cup France 1998. Two official colour posters, one titled ‘Saint-Denis Coupe du Monde France 98’, artwork by S. Decugis, the other ‘Coupe du Monde France 98 Toulouse’ by B. Devos. Each measures 23.5”x31.5”. Slight creasing, otherwise both in very good condition.... View full lot details

Arsenal v Southampton 2003. Official programme for the F.A. Cup Final played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 17th May 2003. The programme has been professionally bound in red boards, titles in gilt to front board ‘The F.A. Cup Final. Arsenal v Southampton. Saturday 17th May 2003. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Kick Off 3.00pm’. To the front end paper is a pre-printed sheet laid down with the ink signatures of thirty four members of the Arsenal... View full lot details

Signed cup final programmes. Four signed official programmes including three F.A. Cup finals, Leeds United v Sunderland 1973 signed to the front by Norman Hunter. Fulham v West Ham United 1975 signed to the front by Trevor Brooking. Liverpool v Manchester United 1977 signed to centre pages by Emlyn Hughes. Also the Football League Cup Final, Aston Villa v Everton 1977 signed to centre pages by Duncan McKenzie. Sold with six unsigned programmes for finals... View full lot details

World Cup England 1966. Two official souvenir programmes, one for the tournament 11th- 30th July 1966, the other for the Final played at Wembley Stadium, England v West Germany, 30th July 1966. Both programmes with players’ names/ results annotated in ink to pages. Some wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Big match football programmes 1960-1995. A good selection of official match programmes including F.A. Cup finals played at Wembley Stadium 1960, 1983, 1984, 1989 & 1990. F.A. Cup Semi-finals, Manchester City v Ipswich Town 1981, Everton v Southampton 1984, Manchester United v Liverpool 1985, Southampton v Liverpool 1986, Coventry City v Leeds United 1987, Sunderland v Norwich City 1992, and Manchester United v Crystal Palace 1995. League Cup Finals at Wembley 1969, 1983, 1984 (replay),... View full lot details

F.A. Cup Final 1951. Blackpool v Newcastle United. Official programme for the Final played at Wembley on the 28th April 1951. Lacking staples otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details